When I'm with You
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When I'm with You is a 1983 song by Canadian rock band Sheriff , written by Arnold Lanni and produced by Stacy Haydon. It appeared on the group's self-titled debut album.
history
Keyboardist Arnold Lanni wrote the song after meeting and falling in love with Valeri Brown. He said in an interview:
“I sat down, put my coffee on the piano, tinkled some ivories, and four minutes later 80 percent of the song was written. On Valentine's Day I played the song for Valerie and said, 'I don't have anything, this is all I can give you right now. It's yours. ' Valeri loved the song; two years later she married me. "
“: I sat down, put my coffee on the piano, jumbled the ivory and four minutes later 80 percent of the song was written. On Valentine's Day, I played the song for Valeri and said, 'I have nothing, that's all I can give you right now. It's yours'. Valeri loved the song and two years later she married me. "
Lanni played the song to his bandmates and added:
“The band really liked it, so we started playing it live. That was one of the last songs we recorded when we did the record. The producer said, 'Is there anything else?' I said, 'There's this song we play, it's kind of a wimpy song.' So we played it for him and he said 'Yeah, that's kind of nice.' ”
“The band really liked it, so we started playing it in gigs. This was one of the last songs we recorded for our album. The producer asked, 'Anything else?' I said, 'There's the song we play at gigs, it's kind of a pathetic love song.' So we played it for him and he said, 'Yeah, that's nice.' "
In November 1988, Brian Philips, then program director of radio stations KDWB in Minneapolis and WKTI in Milwaukee , began playing the song and it was broadcast on other radio stations. This high demand prompted Capitol Records to release the song as a single again. It was first released on May 1, 1983. At the time, the pop rock ballad peaked at number 8 in Canada and flopped at number 61 in the United States. The re-release came out in February 1989 and hit number 1 in the United States the Billboard Hot 100 . In the days of MTV , it was one of the few number one hits that didn't have a music video.
Cover versions
- 1989: Frozen Ghost
- 1991: alias
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chartsurfer.de
- ↑ Interview in Billboard Magazine with Arnold Lanni from Fred Bronson.